BAPS Charities sends $3.3M of
Medical Aid to El Salvador

06.20.2001
Milpitas, California

BAPS Charities has sent $3.3M of medicines and supplies to assist in El Salvador earthquake relief efforts. The shared grief of the earthquakes which has touched the Indian and Latino community has brought them together. Harshad Shah, President of BAPS Charities, felt that El Salvador could benefit from their partnership with CitiHope International, which delivered $6M of donated medicines and supplies to BAPS in India for Gujarat earthquake relief.

It is the goal of BAPS Charities that the medical aid reach help people in El Salvador. Through a conjoined effort with Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, the supplies were delivered to San Salvador for further distribution. Doctors from the organization provided a list of necessary medicines. NCM has been involved with earthquake relief in El Salvador and will distribute the medicines through their medical network. Nazarene International has contributed to Indian causes, including a donation for the Reynolds Memorial Hospital, which provides care to 75 villages in Central India.

BAPS Charities is U.S. based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with community centers in 27 major cities including Toronto. BAPS, its parent organization, is almost a 100 year-old international NGO with consultative status in the United Nations. Both organizations' efforts are extensive with over 50,000 volunteers internationally and expanding. BAPS in India immediately mobilized its volunteers for earthquake relief and established relief camps serving tens of thousands of people. BAPS is now building over 2,000 houses, adopting and reconstructing nine villages in Gujarat, and building a hospital in Bhuj.